Campus Reform | Cornell offers 'person of color' exemption for flu vaccine requirement

Campus Reform | Cornell offers 'person of color' exemption for flu vaccine requirement

• Students at Cornell University can use their status as a “person of color” to be exempt from the university’s flu vaccine requirement.
  
  
  
• “Students who identify as Black, Indigenous, or as a Person of Color (BIPOC) may have personal concerns about fulfilling the Compact requirements based on historical injustices and current events,” explains Cornell Health’s vaccine requirement FAQ.

We recognize that, due to longstanding systemic racism and health inequities in this country, individuals from some marginalized communities may have concerns about needing to agree to such requirements,” explains the page. 

“For example, historically, the bodies of Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) have been mistreated, and used by people in power, sometimes for profit or medical gain.”...Read all.